摘要 |
A filter for use with sterile slurries or the like comprises a filter basket and means for suspending the filter basket inside a housing, the suspending means for the basket including a sealing O-ring. The O-ring is disposed so that it never comes into contact with the slurry and serves to seal off the space above the basket from the space below the basket so that positive pressure or a vacuum may be used to assist the filtration process. The bottom of the filter basket forms a filter plate and means are provided for supporting the bottom surface of the filter plate. This supporting means includes a distribution plate which is attached to the basket and which has a plurality of inverted T shaped ribs attached to its lower surface.
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